Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Halticosaurus name means dexterous lizard. This dinosaur included the discoveries of a Jawbone, teeth, partial vertibrae, and leg fossils as well. These were found together with another dinosaur(Sellosaurus) in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. The Halticosaurus is under the Suborder theropod.

An two editional sets of fossils were discovered and classified as the carnivorous Halticosaurus, but one was later to be found as a crocodylomorph, the other labeled a Lilensternus.

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Dinosaur fossils have been known about for millennia, though their true nature was not recognized; the Chinese considered them to be dragon bones, while Europeans believed them to be the remains of giants and other creatures killed by the Great Flood.